Shwayze - The Nostalgia Tour
About This Event
Shwayze and Chiddy Bang play Brooklyn Bowl, presenting related strains of hip-hop that balance rap cadence with pop and R&B hooks. Shwayze, who broke out in the late 2000s with a debut led by "Buzzin'" and "Corona and Lime" and production ties to Cisco Adler, juxtaposes with Chidera Anamege (Chiddy Bang), a Drexel-born MC whose project went solo in 2013 and favors alternative-leaning sample work.
About Nostalgia Tour
The Nostalgia Tour stops at Brooklyn Paramount with Fetty Wap, whose melodic balance of hip-hop and R&B helped define mid-2010s radio rap. He broke through with hook-first singles including “Trap Queen,” “679,” and “My Way,” followed by a No. 1 debut album in 2015. The set favors direct vocal delivery over stage spectacle, built around repetition and sing-along structure. In New York, where rap’s local histories are often measured against new waves, the show plays like a time capsule of that streaming-era crossover moment.
About the Artists
Shwayze
Shwayze is a hip-hop and R&B artist whose late-2000s breakout was shaped by pop-leaning rap and the production partnership with Cisco Adler, yielding tracks like “Buzzin’” and “Corona and Lime.” In New York City, he brings that catalog to venues such as Brooklyn Bowl, most recently for “Shwayze - The Nostalgia Tour.
Chiddy Bang
Chidera Anamege performs as Chiddy Bang, a Philadelphia rapper who first emerged at Drexel University as one half of the duo with producer Noah “Xaphoon Jones” Beresin. After Beresin stepped back in 2013 to focus on production, Anamege continued as a solo artist, keeping the project’s hybrid of hip-hop and alternative-leaning sample work.